more cowbell @ #46, "It helps kids with spelling, discipline, high-order thinking, and organizational skills"

Citation needed. It is not intrinsically obvious that cursive encourages this any more than any other course focused on handwriting would.

As for the joke about not being able to forge notes from their parents, obviously if there parents are not using cursive either then there is no issue. Neither my wife or I use cursive.

CommentKiller @ #9: "Even though we can now sign documents electronically,the need to sign a legal document in cursive will likely never go away."

What is this "need" to which you refer? My signature is not in cursive and I have executed many legal documents over two decades. Cursive is not necessary.